| Show s Miller Miller- Huggins Has Yanks in Lead Leady I I D B y r 4 Y L Manager Miller Huggins A year ago ngo wh when n the the- Yankees were bended beaded nowhere In the American league and were battling to remain out ut of the basement one man was blamed for the tremendous flop find and that man was Sillier Miller Today the Yankees are at the top of f the junior circuit and stand nn an excellent chance cliance to hang on to that precious position but in the comments comment on the form Corm reversal one hears noth- noth nothing noth-lus noth lug ing about the same Miller liller who has continued as ns the pint sIzed pint manager of ot the Yanks Fails to Inspire Praise Huggins probably would be he the roost most tragic fi figure re In baseball if he be- be be believed d tenth one-tenth of the diatribes dl- dl dIrected di directed against him As It Is he be fails to Inspire praise and offers an excel excel- excellent excellent lent target whenever anything goes oes wrong A man who has hns managed a n team winning three pennants and a n worlds world's serIes In three years yeal's might be expect expect- ed crl oll to draw the plaudits of a hero nut But not Dot Huggins The altitude of sports sport sportswriters writers and the general public seemed to be that the Yankees were victorious In spite of or rather than be- be be because cauS cause of him And last years year's ears debacle seemed to confirm the Impression that the Yanks as a n team depended wholly upon the antics of or Babe Ruth Buth and that any leaguer bush could make more of a asu su success cess thou than Huggins Ruppert Has Hils Confidence ThIs Tills as said sold before Is another year Colonel Ruppert the genial owner of tile the Yankees always has hns had oceans of confidence In Hug and thIs confidence appears well placed A great deal of or the Ule l 19 G C success of the Yankees certainly must be laid to Ruths Ruth's reformation But Hut aside from tile the great slug slugger e the New r Yorkers have a n powerful team and one won won- wonders wonders df ders rs If Huggins shouldn't receive some of lie glor glory |
